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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 334 

Relative to the death of William Proxmire, former United States Senator 

from the State of Wisconsin. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 15, 2005 

Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. REID, Mr. KOHL, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. AKAKA, 

Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. 

BENNETT, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

BROWNBACK, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, Ms. 

CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, 

Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. 

DORGAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. 

HATCH, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. 

JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KYL, Ms. 

LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. 

REED, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SANTORUM, 

Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SMITH, 

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. SUNUNU, 

Mr. TALENT, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. VOINOVICH, 

Mr. WARNER, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which 

was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Relative to the death of William Proxmire, former United 

States Senator from the State of Wisconsin. 
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Whereas William Proxmire served in the Military Intelligence 

Service of the United States Army from 1941 to 1946; 

Whereas William Proxmire served the people of Wisconsin 

with distinction from 1957 to 1989 in the United States 

Senate; 

Whereas William Proxmire served the Senate as Chairman of 

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

in the ninety-fourth to ninety-sixth and one hundredth 

Congresses; 

Whereas William Proxmire held the longest unbroken record 

for roll call votes in the Senate; 

Whereas William Proxmire tirelessly fought government 

waste, issuing monthly ‘‘Golden Fleece’’ awards beginning in 1975 for the ‘‘biggest or most ridiculous or most 

ironic example of government waste’’; and 

Whereas William Proxmire worked endlessly to eradicate the 

world of genocide, culminating in the ratification by the 

Senate of an international treaty outlawing genocide: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound 

2 sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death 

3 of the Honorable William Proxmire, former member of the 

4 United States Senate. 

5 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate commu6 nicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives 

7 and transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 

8 deceased. 
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1 Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it 

2 stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem3 ory of the Honorable William Proxmire. 

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